AWARDS
2008 Juror's Choice Award, ArtSpan Benefit Art Show and Auction , Electric Works Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 First Place Award, Pacific Prints 2006, Pacific Art Leaque of Palo Alto, California
2005 Award of Excellence, Impressions: Matric and Image, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, California
2003 JurorÕs Award, 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2000 University Art Center Award, Pacific Prints 2000, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, California
1999 The Blessing Semler Aquisition Award for The Art Collection of Pomona College, Montgomery Gallery, California
1997 Awarded 3rd Place in Printmaking, The 7th KTEH Art Auction Exhibit, Triton Museum of Art, California
1996 Kyoto Art & Culture Association Director Award, 48th Kyoto Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
1995 Kala Institute '95 Printmaking Fellowship Award, Berkeley, California
1989 Award for Superior Work, All Japan University's Printmaking Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Kansai New Artist Award, Kansai Shinseisaku (New Production) Exhibition, Osaka, Japan

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Toru Sugita New Prints & Paintings, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 Solo Show, "Ephemera," Johnson's Art Gallery, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado
2002 Toru Sugita Paintings and Prints, Gallery img, Santa Clara, California
2000 Solo Show, Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, California
1999 Solo Show "At Shadows Edge" Studio 1109, Sacramento, California
1997 Solo Show "A Shape 1992~1996", AIA East Bay, Oakland, California
1990 "The Other View" (Installation), Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto, Japan
1988 "A Fine Day Goes Down" (Mixed Media),Gallery Iteza, Kyoto, Japan

2-Person Exhibitions
2006 Kate Luxe & Toru Sugita, Crockett Contemporary Art, Crockett, California
2004 Reading/Viewing: a New Perspective Mary V. Marsh & Toru Sugita, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2003 The Visible World - Patty Neal & Toru Sugita, Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA
2002 Flashing - New Works by Hye-Kyung Kim & Toru Sugita, Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2000 Scratch & Burn-Intaglio Prints by Toru Sugita and Xavier Viramontes, Collectors Gallery, Oakland, CA
1998 "Geometric/Organic" Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, California
1997 Lani Asher & Toru Sugita: Two Views, Gallery/The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan

Group Exhibitions
2008 The 7th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan (Award Nominated)
Janet Turner 7th National Competition, Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, California
2007 Los Angeles Printmaking Society 19th National Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, California
City Streets - urbn view of the Bay Area, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
Summer in the City, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
20th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsn-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
2006 San Francisco Cityscapes, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
Pacific Prints 2006, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
Ink and Idea, Platt Gallery, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, California
Sun and Shadow, Tang Gallery, Bisbee, Arizona
Impressions 2006, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
2005 First Annual Auto Show, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, California
Printmakers Invitational 2005, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
18th National Biennial of Los Angeles Printmaking Society, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
Bay Area Fine Art Printmakers, Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, California
San Francisco Cityscapes, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
Berkeley Art Center 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
ÒThirty Something,Ó San Francisco Modern Art Museum Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
ÒCity Streets:Ó STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, California
Impressions: Matric and Image, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, California
2004 Issho/Together, Japanese American/Japanese National Artists in America, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
Fields of View:Natural & Urban Landspcapes, Dorothy Herger Gallery, Solano Community College, Solano, California
"...tis the season!," Art Beatus Gallery, Voncouver, Canada
Urban Landscape, San Francisco Modern Art Museum Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
Printmakers of the Golden Gate, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
Printmaking & Process: An Overview of Contemporary Practice, Arts Benicia Center, Benicia, California
"Paintings & Prints," Kings Gallery, First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, California
Pangaea, The Canvas, San Francisco, California
2003 Berkeley Art Center 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Pastiche-An Exhibition of Cacophony, The Canvas, San Francisco, California
2nd Graphic Annual of Contemporary Printmaking, Museo de los Ni­os, San Jose, Costa Rica
LAPS Juried Membership Exhibition, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California
Jubileumtentoonstelling, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2002 Art Bowl II, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, California
Global Matrix, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana
Pacific Prints 2002, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California
Then & Now, Museum of ChildrenÕs Art (MOCHA), Oakland, California
Breakages: USF 3rd Annual Sculpture Show, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
ÒDibujo DibujadoÓ1st International Annual of Drawing, Museo del Ni­o, San Jose, Costa Rica
Janet Turner 4th National Print Competition, California State University, Chico, Chico, California
2001 California Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, California
Berkley Art Center 18th Annual Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2000 Oeuvres graphiques d'artistes contemporains ayant travaillé au célèbre Centre Frans Masereel,Gordès, France
Meetings, Suolahti Old Station Hall, Suolahti, Finland
LAPS 2000, Brand Ligrary Art Galleries, Glendale, California
Pacific Prints 2000, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
1999 California Prints From Wood, Oakland Museum Collector's Gallery, Oakland, California
Selections from Open studios '98, Capella, San Francisco, California
Idea Houce, San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, California
Faultlines/Watermarks, Design Center, San Francisco, CA / DerZaaijer, Amsterdam, Holland
15th National Biennial of Los Angeles Printmakers Society, Laband Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 California Prints From Wood, Oakland Museum Collector's Gallery, Oakland, California
Pro Arts 1998 Juried Annual Show, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
Etchings, Etcetra, Carol A. Dabb Art Consultants, Los Altos, California
A Tradition Continued: Relief Prints, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, California
1997 The 7th KTEH Art Auction Exhibit, Triton Museum of Art, California
"Berkeley Salutes Kala", Berkeley Store Gallery, Berkeley, California
1996 California Prints from Wood, Oakland Museum Collector's Gallery, Oakland, California
"Motion in Stillness", Gallery On the Rim, San Francisco, California
"Masters of the Media", Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
"Paper: Selected Works From The Collection", Kismet Gallery, San Jose, California
'95 Kala Institute Fellowship Exhibition, Kala Institute, Berkeley, California
The 3rd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
"Japan Mukashi To Ima" show, Modern Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
1995 "Latent August" show, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California
Print & Draw Biennial, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Solo Show (Printmaking) Bucci's, Emeryville, California
1993 The 5th Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Wakayama, Japan
Kala Institute: A Print Exchange, New York Graphic Center, New York, New York
Japanese Art Today, Reykjavik, Iceland
Kala Institute: A Print Exchange, Pyramid Atlantic, Washington, D.C.
1990 Kinoprint '90 (Printmaking), Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto, Japan
1989 All Japan Universities Printing Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Printmaking Exhibition for Amnesty International, Kyoto, Japan
Kansai Shinseisaku Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
1987 Group "SHIRUBE" Show (Painting), Gallery F, Kyoto, Japan
1985 Group "URIMBO" Show (Painting), Fujii Daimaru, Kyoto, Japan

FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES and GRANTS
Visiting Artist, Printmaking: Light & Shadow, University of New Mexico
May 2008
Mesa State College Faculty Professional Development Grant for Art Residecy at East Side Editions, San Francisco, California
June 2008
Zellerbach Family Foundation Community Arts Grant
June 2004
Centrum voor Grafiek Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium
August 1999
Kala Art Institute Fellowship Artist, Berkeley, California
May - December 1995
Murals of "Torres del Paine" Puerto Natales, Chile
September 1991

PUBLIC LECTURES
2007 Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004 Simposium "Artists' Influences in Multicultural World", Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
2003 California State University Chico, Chico, California
2002 Malaspina Printmaking Society, Vancouver, Canada
1996 Kala Institute, Berkeley, California

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California
Machida Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Pomona College, Montgomery Gallery, California
Royal Museum of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Special Collection of Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California

BOOK ILLUSTRATION
2000 "Floating Lanterns & Golden Shrines" by Rena Krasno, Pacific View Press
(2001 Benjamin Franklin Award in the Category of Multicultural)

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 TV Interview,"Ephemera" at Mesa State College, KJCT 8 (NBC), October 2nd 2006
"Artist's work illuminate everyday scenes," The Times, August 31, 2006 issue
"Ink and Idea" ArtWeek, July/August, 2005 issue
2005 ZYZZYVA the last word: west coast writers & artists, Winter 2005 issue
"The Collective Conscious: Artists and Patrons" 2005 SF Open Studios The Guide
"Mary V. Marsh/Toru Sugita, reading/viewing: a new perspective,"ArtWeek, Feburary, 2005 issue
2003 Critic's Choice: Art 'Pastiche, an Exhibition of Cacophony,' San Francisco Bay Guardian July 16 issue
"Calligraphy & Beyond," Diversity, Asian Pacific Heritage Month issue
Art of Northern California, Alcove Books, Berkeley, California
2002 "Flashing": New Works by Hye-Kyung Kim and Toru Sugita, Preview, June~August 2002 issue
2000 "Angles and Light Star in Printmaking Exhibit," Merced Sun-Star, October 27 issue
"People" Interview, Hokubei Mainichi June 3rd Issue (Japanese)
1999 Mon Plaza Interview, Monthly Mon June 1999 Issue (Japanese)
1998 Pro Arts 1999 Juried Annual Calender
1997 Toru Sugita & Lani Asher Interview, Kyoto Shinbun, Shiga Newspaper, June 11 issue (Japanese)
1996 The art of a holiday timeout, by Chiori Santiago, San Jose Mercury News December /22 issue
DisOrient Jounarizine Volume 6
1990 Sagas Art Interview, Sagas Magazine April 1990 Issue

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ArtSpan (member, board of directors, since 2003)
California Society of Printmakers (member, since 1997)
Graphic Arts Workshop (member, since 1997)
Los Angeles Printmakers Society (member, since 1997)

EXTENDED TRAVELS
Travel Column for Local Japanese news letter (Yifa Mate) & Monthly MON Magazine May 1993 - March 1994 Traveled through Middle East and West Asia
May 1990 - November 1991 Traveled through United States and Latin America.
Studied Spanish in Guatemala and Ecuador.

TEACHING EXPERIENCES
August 2007 present
Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado Assistant Professor of Art (Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking)
August 2006 May 2007
Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado Full-time Lecturer in Department of Art (Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking)
January 2005 - August 2006
Solano Comunity College, Instructor (Oil/Acrylic Painting, Introduction to Drawing)
January 2004 - August 2006
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, Instructor (Etching to Graduate Division, Printmaking, Mixed Media Drawing & Painting, Fine Arts Department)
April 2003
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, Guest Artist (Wood Engraving Demonstration at Printmaking Department) August 2001 May 2003
San Francisco State University Fine Arts Department, Teaching Assistant, (Figure Drawing, Lithography, Relief Print) May 2000 April 2001
Creativity Explored of San Francisco, (Substitute Art Teacher)
August 1999 August 2005
Palo Alto Art Center Children's Art Program, Art Teacher (Black & White Drawing, Color Drawing)
September 1998 June 2006
San Francisco Japanese Supplementary School, Teacher (Essay Writing & Japanese Literature)
August 1998 August 2002
National Institute of Art and Disabilities, (Substitute Art Teacher)
March 1998 May 1998
San Francisco Unified School District, Art Teacher (Second Grade and Special Education at the Paul Revere Elementary School )
March 1997
San Francisco Art Institute, Guest Artist (Aquatint Demonstration at Printmaking Department)
May 1989 March 1990
Kyoto University of Education Handicapped Children's School, Art Teacher (Junior High School Division)

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